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Xenocynus

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Xenocynus
Temporal range: Early Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Metatheria
Genus: Xenocynus
Species:
X. crypticus
Binomial name
Xenocynus crypticus
Carneiro et. al., 2024

Xenocynus is an extinct genus of metatherian mammal that lived in Brazil during the Eocene. It contains a single species, Xenocynus crypticus.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Carneiro, L. M.; Bampi, H.; Rangel, C. C.; Guimarães, B. M. G.; Silva, R. C.; Oliveira, é. V. (July 2024). "A new metatherian (Mammalia) from the Itaboraí basin (Early Eocene), Brazil: Implications to trophic niche partitioning between large-sized "didelphoid-like" metatherians". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 139: 104895. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2024.104895. Retrieved 15 December 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.